{"id":10255,"date":"2024-02-26T12:07:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-spacex-crew-8-astronauts-touch-down-at-florida-spaceport\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T12:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:07:27","slug":"nasas-spacex-crew-8-astronauts-touch-down-at-florida-spaceport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-spacex-crew-8-astronauts-touch-down-at-florida-spaceport\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts Touch Down at Florida Spaceport"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts Touch Down at Florida Spaceport<\/h2>\n

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Crew members of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, Matthew Dominick, and Michael Barratt, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, stand before members of the news media at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The Crew-8 mission is slated to launch aboard SpaceX\u2019s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March 1, 2024. Photo credit: NASA\/Kim Shiflett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After departing via Gulfstream jet aircraft from Ellington Field near NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA astronauts\u00a0Matthew Dominick<\/a>, Michael Barratt<\/a>, and Jeanette Epps<\/a>, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin just landed at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will begin final preparations for liftoff to the International Space Station<\/a> as part of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-8 mission.<\/p>\n

Crew-8 astronauts will be greeted shortly by NASA leaders for a brief welcome ceremony and media event, scheduled for about 2 p.m. EST with the following participants:<\/p>\n